Great game! The trick taking is smooth and decisions are always variable turn to turn. Keeps you thinking throughout and I love it.
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Aurum
Publisher: Pandasaurus Games Strohmann Games
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Description
After years of experimentation in your shared laboratory, you and your fellow alchemists have just successfully transmuted common metals into gold! Now all that's left is to perfect the formula, repeating the experiments to find the perfect combination of metals that produce the purest gold.
Aurum is a trick-taking game for three or four players, with two teams of two competing in the four-player game. After all cards for the round have been dealt, you bid on how many tricks you think you/your team will win. (In a four-player game, the higher of the two bids on a team becomes the team's bid.)
During the round, you can lead with any non-gold card. On your turn, you must not play a suit that has already been played (unless it is a gold card). The highest number played wins, but gold is the trump suit and always wins. Whoever played the lowest non-gold card adds a gold card of the same number from the supply to their collection if it is available. All gold cards played in a trick are returned to the supply.
The round ends immediately when a player cannot play a valid base metal card and does not have a gold card to play or chooses not to play a gold card. If you win more tricks than you bid, you earn your bid value as points; if you met your bid exactly, you earn twice your bid value as points. Additionally, you earn points for the number of gold cards in your collection. The player/team with the most points wins a gold nugget, and the first to collect two nuggets wins!
Aurum is a trick-taking game for three or four players, with two teams of two competing in the four-player game. After all cards for the round have been dealt, you bid on how many tricks you think you/your team will win. (In a four-player game, the higher of the two bids on a team becomes the team's bid.)
During the round, you can lead with any non-gold card. On your turn, you must not play a suit that has already been played (unless it is a gold card). The highest number played wins, but gold is the trump suit and always wins. Whoever played the lowest non-gold card adds a gold card of the same number from the supply to their collection if it is available. All gold cards played in a trick are returned to the supply.
The round ends immediately when a player cannot play a valid base metal card and does not have a gold card to play or chooses not to play a gold card. If you win more tricks than you bid, you earn your bid value as points; if you met your bid exactly, you earn twice your bid value as points. Additionally, you earn points for the number of gold cards in your collection. The player/team with the most points wins a gold nugget, and the first to collect two nuggets wins!
Additional information
| Mechanics: | Gioco a squadre Trick-taking Asta |
| Categories: | Card Games |
| Alternative names: | |
| BARCODE: | 4262412340136 |
| This was seen 685 times | |
Description
After years of experimentation in your shared laboratory, you and your fellow alchemists have just successfully transmuted common metals into gold! Now all that's left is to perfect the formula, repeating the experiments to find the perfect combination of metals that produce the purest gold.
Aurum is a trick-taking game for three or four players, with two teams of two competing in the four-player game. After all cards for the round have been dealt, you bid on how many tricks you think you/your team will win. (In a four-player game, the higher of the two bids on a team becomes the team's bid.)
During the round, you can lead with any non-gold card. On your turn, you must not play a suit that has already been played (unless it is a gold card). The highest number played wins, but gold is the trump suit and always wins. Whoever played the lowest non-gold card adds a gold card of the same number from the supply to their collection if it is available. All gold cards played in a trick are returned to the supply.
The round ends immediately when a player cannot play a valid base metal card and does not have a gold card to play or chooses not to play a gold card. If you win more tricks than you bid, you earn your bid value as points; if you met your bid exactly, you earn twice your bid value as points. Additionally, you earn points for the number of gold cards in your collection. The player/team with the most points wins a gold nugget, and the first to collect two nuggets wins!
Aurum is a trick-taking game for three or four players, with two teams of two competing in the four-player game. After all cards for the round have been dealt, you bid on how many tricks you think you/your team will win. (In a four-player game, the higher of the two bids on a team becomes the team's bid.)
During the round, you can lead with any non-gold card. On your turn, you must not play a suit that has already been played (unless it is a gold card). The highest number played wins, but gold is the trump suit and always wins. Whoever played the lowest non-gold card adds a gold card of the same number from the supply to their collection if it is available. All gold cards played in a trick are returned to the supply.
The round ends immediately when a player cannot play a valid base metal card and does not have a gold card to play or chooses not to play a gold card. If you win more tricks than you bid, you earn your bid value as points; if you met your bid exactly, you earn twice your bid value as points. Additionally, you earn points for the number of gold cards in your collection. The player/team with the most points wins a gold nugget, and the first to collect two nuggets wins!
Additional information
| Mechanics: | Gioco a squadre Trick-taking Asta |
| Categories: | Card Games |
| Alternative names: | |
| BARCODE: | 4262412340136 |
| This was seen 685 times | |
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A selection of reviews rated 8 or higher.
A great 3 or 4 player trick taker with a must not follow mechanism, trick predictions (changeable mid game) and bonuses for the lowest card played each trick
Good game, this one. I had my first game of it a few nights ago and all four of us enjoyed it immensely. Making gold's easy peasy in Aurum, if only it was like that in real life... :(
8.5 - 1 play, 4 players - A top notch trick taker! I love must-not-follow mechanisms, and this feels like an advanced Potato Man. The scoring system feels well designed, and the balance between taking tricks and gold is perfect. Knowing when to use your gold to trump is also a great decision. All in all, very thinky, the right amount of control, but also can have fun swings. I like that the bidding is not too punishing. The team dynamic is also good fun! 9.0 - 4 plays - I really love this game. Nearly every play provides an interesting decision (except playing 2nd when you can match the lead). Making your bid is very satisfying. The unexpected ending are also exciting.
A very clever twist on trick taking. Love that low card gets gold which has multiple uses: trump, exchange your bid, or pure points. Addicting (and haven’t even tried partners yet).
CAUTION! Not suitable for children under 3 years of age. It contains small parts which could be swallowed or inhaled.